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How to Make Maple Syrup

Tapping nature's sweetness with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and maple sugarmaker James Nielsen

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Tom Silva’s tips for preventing condensation in areas that need proper ventilation

Preventing Mold and Rot in a Crawl Space

Tom Silva and Kevin O’Connor build a rough sawn headboard

Tom Silva and Kevin O’Connor turn a sheet of plywood and some rough-sawn boards into a unique piece of bedroom...

How to Build a Rustic Headboard

Kevin O'Connor weatherstrips his old window

Don’t replace those drafty old windows; tighten them up with new weatherstripping

Making Windows Weathertight

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Every month, Ask This Old House and The Home Depot will present a practical home improvement project—from...

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Announcing our newest additions to the TOH Generation NEXT apprenticeship program.

Meet the Winners of the 2019 Generation NEXT Casting Call

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All the spring home maintenance and gardening tips you need to know as DIY season kicks off

Spring Upkeep

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Find the zone for your town to determine what plants will flourish in your yard.

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

A Letter from Roger Cook

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The New Yankee Workshop Episodes and Plans

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Planning a kitchen, bath, bedroom, or deck project? These calculators will help you design the space you want at a...

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Brookline Mid-century Modern House 40th Anniversary Season

This Old House modernizes a mid-century home in the suburbs of Boston

Brookline Mid-century Modern House

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Tom Silva gives Kevin O'Connor some basic tips about insulating an attic

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva gives some basic tips for insulating an attic

How to Maximize the Impact of Insulation

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Give your pet the freedom to come and go whenever it wishes by installing this energy-efficient kit

How to Install a Dog Door

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Forty years feels like half a lifetime ago—and it is. A look back at some of the kitchens and baths TOH has built...

40 Years of Kitchen and Bath Remodel Trends

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Norm Abram shows how to reattach a drawer front

Kitchen Drawer Fronts

Richard Trethewey explains the many water filters to Kevin O'Connor

Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey explains the many filter options and home water...

How to Choose a Water Filter

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Don't despair that summer is almost over! You can still have a well-groomed lot and enjoy the outdoors well into fall

12 Late-Summer Yard and Garden Upgrades

Richard Trethewey shows a homeowner the flexible 4-foot appliance connector that conveys gas from a rigid iron pipe to his dryer

For those who want to install a gas-powered dryer, Richard Trethewey has some advice

Gas Dryer Install

Tom Silva finishes a wood door filler strip

Tom Silva tackles the unwanted door gap

Fix for Short Doors

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A behind-the-scenes look at the Ask This Old House studio’s four trade-focused corners, each with a homey mix of...

Ask This Old House Studio | Workshop Wonders

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Tom Silva has some handsaw maintenance suggestions

Pitch-Free Saw Blades

Richard Trethewey and an electric water heater

Richard Trethewey offers some solutions for an inconveniently located electric water heater

Hot Water in Attic

Richard Trethewey discussing toilet anatomy with his cutaway toilet

For decades now, Richard Trethewey has been cleaving plumbing parts in two in order to reveal their inner workings

Richard Trethewey’s Cutaways

Tom Silva demonstrates how to install a drip edge to Kevin O'Connor

How to satisfy both code and prevent ice dams when installing roofing drip edge

Drip-Edge Basics

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Streaming services have taken the music industry by storm. If you’re just wading in, here’s how to choose the perfect...

Streaming Services | Play it Again, Alexa

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This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows you the best ways to get rid of leaves for any size yard

Tools to Clear Away Fall Leaves

TOH's familiar faces share memories, lessons they've learned over the years, and what keeps the hits coming

TOH Cast Reflect on 40 Years of Life Lessons & Home Renovations

Tom Silva performs fall house inspection on East Boston project house

Giving your house a yearly checkup is one way to keep big repairs at bay. Here's a 5-step plan for inspecting your...

Fall Inspection Guide

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Jason Senior of J&R Senior Sheetmetal Inc. illustrates how he installs copper panels on a cupola roof

How to Install a Standing Seam Copper Roof

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Easy ways to improve your home right now before holiday guests arrive

6 Fast Fall Fixes

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The TOH master carpenter became a reluctant plaid ambassador when show creator Russ Morash made it Norm’s on-air...

The Tartans of Norm

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Tom Silva has been joined at the hip with McGuire-Nicholas full-grain leather tool belts for more than 40 years....

This Old Tool Belt

Kevin O’Connor meets up with Gordon Jacobsen of Karp Associates to discuss a building material called LP SmartSide Siding

Recorded live from the jobsite of our 2019 Idea House in New Canaan, Connecticut, This Old House host...

What Is LP SmartSide Siding? | Pro2Pro

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